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Table 6: ADOPT
Revised: March, 2004
Prior Relationship of Adoptive Parent(s) to
Child
October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2001
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National Estimates
| State |
Prior Relationship of
Adoptive Parent(s)
to Child |
Total |
Missing |
| non-relative |
foster parent |
step-parent |
other relative |
% |
N |
N |
| % |
% |
% |
% |
| Alabama |
96.6% |
.0% |
.0% |
3.4% |
100.0% |
238 |
0 |
| Alaska |
.0% |
53.2% |
.0% |
46.8% |
100.0% |
278 |
0 |
| Arizona |
15.0% |
43.2% |
.1% |
41.6% |
100.0% |
918 |
20 |
| Arkansas |
17.2% |
68.9% |
.0% |
13.9% |
100.0% |
296 |
66 |
| California |
6.6% |
46.4% |
.0% |
47.0% |
100.0% |
9101 |
0 |
| Colorado |
9.8% |
62.6% |
.3% |
27.3% |
100.0% |
653 |
3 |
| Connecticut |
25.2% |
61.7% |
.0% |
13.1% |
100.0% |
444 |
0 |
| Delaware |
24.8% |
69.2% |
.0% |
6.0% |
100.0% |
117 |
0 |
| District of Columbia |
.0% |
79.7% |
.0% |
20.3% |
100.0% |
227 |
3 |
| Florida |
24.0% |
46.6% |
.0% |
29.4% |
100.0% |
1242 |
266 |
| Georgia |
17.2% |
74.6% |
.0% |
8.2% |
100.0% |
976 |
1 |
| Hawaii |
.0% |
47.7% |
.0% |
52.3% |
100.0% |
258 |
2 |
| Idaho |
36.4% |
41.7% |
.0% |
22.0% |
100.0% |
132 |
0 |
| Illinois |
.0% |
100% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
4104 |
0 |
| Indiana |
52.2% |
30.0% |
.0% |
17.9% |
100.0% |
878 |
0 |
| Iowa 1 |
28.6% |
71.4% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
661 |
0 |
| Kansas |
12.6% |
66.4% |
.5% |
20.6% |
100.0% |
428 |
0 |
| Kentucky |
23.6% |
72.6% |
.0% |
.2% |
100.0% |
546 |
2 |
| Louisiana |
17.0% |
76.0% |
.0% |
7.0% |
100.0% |
470 |
0 |
| Maine |
94.5% |
.0% |
.0% |
5.5% |
100.0% |
361 |
3 |
| Maryland |
4.2% |
54.7% |
.4% |
40.7% |
100.0% |
815 |
0 |
| Massachusetts |
.0% |
99.2% |
.0% |
.8% |
100.0% |
778 |
0 |
| Michigan |
9.9% |
56.5% |
.0% |
33.6% |
100.0% |
2980 |
0 |
| Minnesota |
41.4% |
32.4% |
.4% |
25.8% |
100.0% |
565 |
2 |
| Mississippi |
29.8% |
65.3% |
3.8% |
1.1% |
100.0% |
265 |
1 |
| Missouri |
5.3% |
72.1% |
.5% |
22.1% |
100.0% |
1061 |
41 |
| Montana |
1.1% |
76.0% |
.0% |
22.9% |
100.0% |
275 |
0 |
| Nebraska2 |
40.0% |
13.3% |
.0% |
46.7% |
100.0% |
15 |
277 |
| Nevada |
6.1% |
80.3% |
.0% |
13.5% |
100.0% |
244 |
0 |
| New Hampshire |
15.8% |
81.1% |
.0% |
3.2% |
100.0% |
95 |
0 |
| New Jersey |
20.1% |
79.9% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
1030 |
0 |
| New Mexico |
62.3% |
4.6% |
.0% |
33.1% |
100.0% |
369 |
0 |
| New York |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
.0% |
0 |
3934 |
| North Carolina |
25.7% |
49.5% |
.2% |
24.6% |
100.0% |
1301 |
26 |
| North Dakota |
41.4% |
58.6% |
.0% |
.0% |
100.0% |
145 |
0 |
| Ohio |
18.3% |
65.4% |
.0% |
16.3% |
100.0% |
1250 |
980 |
| Oklahoma |
20.6% |
36.1% |
.0% |
43.3% |
100.0% |
959 |
0 |
| Oregon |
29.8% |
33.5% |
.0% |
36.7% |
100.0% |
1071 |
0 |
| Pennsylvania |
36.8% |
58.3% |
.0% |
4.9% |
100.0% |
1564 |
0 |
| Puerto Rico |
14.7% |
45.7% |
16.1% |
23.5% |
100.0% |
503 |
0 |
| Rhode Island |
6.4% |
63.6% |
.4% |
29.5% |
100.0% |
264 |
3 |
| South Carolina |
31.3% |
67.6% |
.0% |
1.0% |
100.0% |
383 |
1 |
| South Dakota |
10.3% |
69.1% |
.0% |
20.6% |
100.0% |
97 |
0 |
| Tennessee |
18.9% |
73.7% |
.0% |
7.4% |
100.0% |
646 |
0 |
| Texas |
26.6% |
48.9% |
.2% |
24.2% |
100.0% |
2319 |
0 |
| Utah |
32.3% |
60.2% |
.0% |
7.5% |
100.0% |
347 |
2 |
| Vermont |
2.6% |
73.3% |
.0% |
24.1% |
100.0% |
116 |
0 |
| Virginia |
16.8% |
77.7% |
.0% |
5.5% |
100.0% |
493 |
2 |
| Washington |
39.2% |
58.6% |
2.2% |
.1% |
100.0% |
1204 |
0 |
| West Virginia |
3.0% |
81.8% |
.0% |
15.2% |
100.0% |
362 |
0 |
| Wisconsin |
18.8% |
68.8% |
.0% |
12.3% |
100.0% |
754 |
0 |
| Wyoming |
.0% |
76.1% |
.0% |
23.9% |
100.0% |
46 |
0 |
1Law defines
relative as fourth degree of consanguinity.
2Includes great
aunt/uncle, grt grandparent, grt grt grt grandparent, grt grt
aunt/uncle, grt grt grt grandparent, grt grt grt aunt/uncle,
adoptive sibling, biological sibling, first and second cousins,
grandparent, parent-in-law, aunt/uncle.
Fictive kin (ie. Godparents) are not included. back
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